Red Hot Chili Peppers - My Friends

What this video is

Released in October 1995 as the second single from One Hot Minute — RHCP's only album featuring Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction on guitar — 'My Friends' arrived during a turbulent transitional period for the band following John Frusciante's departure. The song topped the Billboard Alternative Songs chart for four consecutive weeks and became the band's first number-one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart,…

Why it matters

A landmark mid-90s alternative rock ballad that demonstrated RHCP's commercial range beyond funk-punk. Its chart dominance across both Alternative and Mainstream Rock formats in 1995 signified the broadening of alt-rock's radio appeal. The Corbijn-directed video elevated the track's artistic…

The director

Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn (born 20 May 1955, Strijen, Netherlands) is a Dutch photographer, music video director, and film director. He began his career as a music photographer around 1975 and moved to London in 1979. He became the long-term creative…